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Car I always had dreamed of buying my own muscle car in high school. I would shop every day trying to find one that was affordable, and fast. I never could find one until one day while I was at a family gathering my Dad asked his cousin if he had any older cars around the farm that were for sale.
He said, “I have the one for you.”
A 1982 Pontiac Firebird.
“It was not pretty, but it was fast” he said.
A few months past, while we figured out a time to go look at this car. Finally the day came. On the way there I was just imagining this car to look amazing. We arrived and sure enough I got my hopes up, it was an ugly green color. We looked it over and he took me for a ride in the car. During the ride he hit the throttle around the corner and we slid sideways. I was sold, this car was quick. I was going to buy this project car no matter what it took. We loaded the car up on the trailer and gave him $500 and we were headed back home. A few weeks past before we started working on the car. We ordered parts and eventually got it to run better, and we were able to keep the engine cool by adding electric fans. We found a set of used tires to put on it. The tires were not the right offset size, so the rear tires stuck out about two inches on each side. I eventually started to drive it on the streets and all over the place. While working on the car one weekend my dad started calling the car The Firechicken. Eventually my friend made stickers that said Firechicken, and now there is

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